Posof District is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Posof.[1] Its area is 583 km2,[2] and its population is 6,448 (2021).[3] It has a border crossing with neighboring Georgia at Türkgözü.
Posof District | |
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 Map showing Posof District in Ardahan Province | |
  Posof District Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 41°08′N 43°08′E / 41.133°N 43.133°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Ardahan |
| Seat | Posof |
| Government | |
| • Kaymakam | Emrah Akduman |
| Area | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 6,448 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Website | www |
Composition
editThere is one municipality in Posof District:[1]
There are 48 villages in Posof District (former names also given):[4]
- Akballı (Obol)
- Alabalık (Sayho)
- Alköy (Al)
- Arılı (Zedezünde)
- Armutveren (Papola)
- Asmakonak (Sanhuliye)
- Aşıküzeyir (Hevat)
- Aşıkzülali (Suskap)
- Balgöze (Çıldıret)
- Baykent (Vahla)
- Binbaşıeminbey (Cilvana)
- Çakırkoç (Mere)
- Çambeli (Sagre)
- Çamyazı (Ohtel)
- Çayırçimen (Lamiyan)
- Demirdöver (Varzna)
- Derindere
- Erim
- Gönülaçan (Şuvaskal)
- Gümüşkavak (Zendar)
- Günbatan (Banarhev)
- Günlüce (Caborya)
- Gürarmut (Kolishal)
- İncedere (Cuvantel)
- Kaleönü (Agara)
- Kalkankaya (Pedoban)
- Kayınlı (Şurğavul)
- Kırköy (Kırdamala)
- Kolköy (Kol)
- Kopuzlu (Çorçovan)
- Kumlukoz (Gume)
- Kurşunçavuş (Sece)
- Özbaşı (Gıniye)
- Sarıçiçek (Hertus)
- Sarıdarı (Tepesünde)
- Savaşır (Cancak)
- Söğütlükaya (Hunemis)
- Süngülü (Arile)
- Sütoluk (Satkabel)
- Taşkıran (Görgüsüben)
- Türkgözü (Badele)
- Uğurca (Yukarı Cacun)
- Uluçam (Varhana)
- Yaylaaltı (Satlel)
- Yeniköy
- Yolağzı (Sinsetip)
- Yurtbaşı (Sakabol)
- Yurtbekler (Caksuyu)
References
edit- ^ a b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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